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Topic: how do u work this site (Read 3394 times)

ok any ways well i see wht seems like people posting mssggs. and i want to reply or comment wht i think . but i dont knw how. so i saw a button said- post topic. and i clicked here i am . lets see wht this does?

i will figure it out. i got so use to MYSPACE>com but any whoo. i will star by saying ... all the way from south texas! introducing ME and i have a face pic. maybe not for long . thats wht my subject is about.

im browsing away on these forums and personals, and realise many dont have any information other than screen name and or random pic of a dog or building.

are we hidding from something or some one? is this a hook up site where we hide behinde fake pics? are we realllyt trying to communicate and reachout? well i feell like thiers no one real out thier.

how can i get to knw about YOU when all i see is blanks and comments all over the site.

i agree, it is confusing at first. hit reply to add to a topic. you already figured out how to post a new topic. unfortunately i don't there is a chat. would just have to IM using outside service i guess. if you find out let me know.

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"I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing."

cool if it is.. today is sat. morning my tummy hurts right now . i want tacos!

its now dec. and oct5 was the day i got my results. 2months. it feels like time goes by slowly. but at the same time i cant belive it*me?! have i been chosen? to do what? well like IMAN says in her champain. she wants to put a face to whts going on in Africa. i in some way feel i want to put a face to HIV here where i live and maybe else where. so one day more poeple will help fight this desease. beacuse they knw/knew of some one who has IT. yesterday after noon i went back to my job where i was working before i got sick tomy stomach inpart due to the status. one of those apportunistic deseases. i was advice to not work for a few month. im frustratedbeing at home. but iknw if for my best interest. i can only take so much tv.and being in one house with MOM! loli needed to goback and tell some of my ex-co-workers about the wonderfull blessing GOD had done for me couple of months ago. when it seemed i was going to accompany my DAD in heaven. if let me stay i feel i owe him ,my self , my loved ones something. and if i have this i want to make a diff. not go by unoticed. and no its not a thing that happens to promescuouse , party animal,kids like me. now my co-workers think ive turned jahova or something . but i dont care wht any one thinks like i use to. paranoid me* i care wht GOD thinks and thats it. but i doo fee more of us need to come out and talk , teach, voice, yell, that we have it and are ok. OK- no one said it would be easy, no one said it would be this hard.

well Rockit, i found out a month before i was laid off from my job. talk about freaked out, but as my best friend put it "Maybe someone up above felt that you needed time to deal with it. It will all work out". And it did. I went on temp disability per my doc to get through emotionally and now that i look back, it was nice to have a few months off to deal with it.

best of luck. of course this forum you can use to ask any questions you want. everyone is very helpful.

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"I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing."

yes time helps im not sure it heals but it wht we have time. come wht may as the song from MOULIN ROUGE. la lala... oh yeah i learned a smal lesson about nto taking the meds. looking backiknw why the nurses and doctors were so addiment about metking them. they were only trying to help keep me alive. but for nowthings are ok. anything from now on is a plus or GOD;s grace. how r u guys doing?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Welcome Rockit. We arent Hiding per se. Some people like to keep things PRIVATE which is different from SECRET.

Everyone , amost everyone, here respects the others privacy and we disclose what we want WHEN we want.

Good luck figuring out the site. Try using the spell checker some, it will help clean up your posts a little and may generate you some responses.

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LIFE is not a race to the grave with the intention of arriving safelyin a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in broadside,thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW! WHAT ARIDE!!!

Dan J.

Welcome to the forum. Like someone else said some of us like to keep things more private than others. I personally don't care who knows my status. I LIVE with it, THEY don't. Thanks for the PM, send me one anytime. Glad you found us.

I wish to extend to you a WARM WELCOME here at the AM forums. Here you will find the encouragement, communication, understanding, support, some cries, some laughter, and many of your questions relating to HIV/AIDS answered.

We have a great group of Real People who will listen as well as answer you. We are here to encourage one another and to learn from each other.

With the consideration of implementing a Positive Mental Attitude, it will also assist you on your journey in this life as well as having a Positive Impact on your immune system.

In fact, through your Positive Mental Attitude, it will help you push forward through all of the obstacles on your path that you are now walking on.

Talking to other people helps us see that we are not the only ones with problems. Feel free to come and vent with whatever is on your mind from time-to-time.

Often the act of writing and the ability to “see” your feelings leads to therapeutic insights and solutions. .

In the interim, you may want to start taking a multi-vitamin, Omega 3 and you may want to keep an eye on your diet.

LIFE is not a race to the grave with the intention of arriving safelyin a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in broadside,thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW! WHAT ARIDE!!!

thanks alot people. yes i knw its not myspace. and i guess its just the way i feel at the moment that quides me into writting what i do. i want to thank u so much for the replys i do feel like someone is out thier. i once posted something about why we dont have a face pic.- if it ment we were hidding. but look at me now. i have toons. i had an inciident the other day, long story. so i decided to put my face/I.D. away for now.

as for me im25, diagnosed in oct.06. i had never gone tested before. and the doctor said i had it for maybe 3 yrs. i almost went to heaven but GOD left me down here for a reason. wht it is im trying to finde out.